Genetic prophecy : beyond the double helix / Zsolt Harsanyi, Richard Hutton.

  • Harsanyi, Zsolt, 1944-
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[1981], ©1981
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Credit: Genetic prophecy : beyond the double helix / Zsolt Harsanyi, Richard Hutton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Index Malnutrition, 122 Mammography, 91-92 Manic depression, 16, 213, 271 Duarte protein linked to, 213 familial susceptibility to, 199-200 HLA genetic markers for, table 66 low MAO levels observed in, 209 role of neurotransmitters in, 208 MAO (monoamine oxidase), 134, 209-210 Maple bark stripper's disease, 112 Maryland, genetic screening pro¬ grams in, 256 Mass extermination programs, 223 Mass screening, 248-253, 256-257, 258, 265 Massachusetts, genetic screening programs in, 248, 250 Medical costs, 30, 42-43, 258 annual per capita, in U.S., 42 Medical schools, 46-47, 268 Medical science, new disciplines of, 45 Medical World News, 257 Mediterranean fever, 158 Melanin, 95 Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 55 Memory, 206, 223, 226, 230 development in infants, 191-192 loss in alcoholics, 202 Mendel, Gregor, 20, 164 Meningitis, from hemophilus in¬ fluenza, table 66 Mental capacity, 224-226. See also Intelligence; Mind Mental development of children, 190-192, 233 Mental illness, 16, 194-202, 213-216. See also Depression; Manic depression; Schizo¬ phrenia Duarte protein linked to, 213, 214-215 gene-environment interaction in, 196-199, 203 HLA genetic markers for, table 66, 215 predisposition for, 254, 255, 271 low MAO levels observed in, 209-210 role of neurotransmitters in, 208 search for genetic markers, 211-219 Mental retardation, 222-223, 226-227 Down's syndrome, 222, 226-227 Fragile X syndrome, 223, 227-228, 230 PKU, 22-23, 174-176, 222, 227, 228-229, 230, 248, 251 Mercury, 107 Mescaline, 207 Mexican salamander, 169 M genes, 111-112, 113 Mice: behavior studies with, 240 cloning of, 274 diabetes research with, 157 gene transplants, 273-274 leukemia research with, 55-58 lung cancer research with, 85-86 neurochemistry studies, 209 [ 329 ]